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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Gilliestongues
Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Jedburgh
Map Ref: NT63721659
Latitude: 55.441833N Longitude: 2.575012W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

no data Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Promontory Fort in Scottish Borders

An Iron Age promontory fort near Gilliestongues has a double rampart with remains of the causeway leading to the entrance.

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NT6316 : Over the Black Burn by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2008(licence)

NT6316 : B6357 towards Jedburgh by Steven Brown — by Steven Brown
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NT6316 : B6357 southbound by Alex McGregor — by Alex McGregor
©2015(licence)

NT6317 : Farmland south of Dunion Hill by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2008(licence)

NT6316 : The B6357 near Swinnie Farm by Walter Baxter — by Walter Baxter
©2007(licence)

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